粵

公gung1立laap6

gung1 laap6gung1 lap6gōng lì

English

  1. public (e.g. school, hospital)
  2. publicly established

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 由政府建立,而且由政府資金營運,提供服務俾公眾嘅

Examples

  • 公立學校

    public school

  • 公立醫院

    public hospital

  • 湯姆上公立學校。

    Tom goes to a state school.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 這是一所公立學校。

    This is a state school.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 很多公立学校的食堂都很黑心。

    Many public school cafeterias are unscrupulous.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 過去 13 年,我都是公立學校的老師。

    I've been a public school teacher for the past thirteen years.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 當時沒有任何以英語為母語的人在公立學校任教。

    At the time there were no native English speakers teaching in any public school.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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